Engineers from Electricity North West are continuing to work tirelessly to repair damage at substations caused by severe flooding and restore power to customers in Lancashire and Greater Manchester.

Severe flooding has caused widespread disruption throughout the morning causing loss of power to customers in Rochdale and Lancashire with 10,000 properties currently off supply.

Electricity North West has restored power to 17,500 properties in Rochdale following severe flooding at the area's main substation.

Engineers from Electricity North West are continuing work throughout the night to restore power to as many properties as possible.

Engineers from Electricity North West are continuing work to restore power to thousands of properties after floodwater breached defences at a number of substations across the North West.

Electricity North West has warned that some properties may be without power until Monday (28 December) following severe flooding across the North West.

Electricity North West is prepared for severe weather following the Met Office yellow weather warning for severe rain and gales on Christmas Day and an amber weather warning for Boxing Day.

Engineers at Electricity North West are set to replace decades-old underground cables which have been keeping the lights on for more than 3,000 homes and businesses in Lytham and Warton.

Engineers from Electricity North West will have done everything possible to restore power to all but a few remaining properties in Cumbria by the end of today.

Customers in Lancaster and surrounding areas who had been receiving power via generators are now all back on the grid, Electricity North West confirmed today.

Engineers are continuing to work around the clock to restore power to the remaining 750 customers in Cumbria after the severe floods this week.

Work to switch around 23,000 customers in Lancaster and surrounding areas back to the power grid is set to get under way tomorrow.